Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games: medal-winning athletes in fencing and wheelchair fencing

The flame is lit, the flags are raised, and these Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games have finally begun! After a long wait, athletes and spectators are finally meeting at the Paralympic venues in Paris, for two intense and emotionally-charged weeks!

Thefencing and wheelchair fencing events will be held in Paris, under the newly renovated glass roof of the Grand Palais. It is in this majestic setting that the many athletes will compete during this major sporting event. Epee, sabre and foil will clash and resonate between the walls of the monument until the final bouts and victory.

The final matches take place in the evening, from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm in most cases. To follow these fights live on TV, find out which channels are broadcasting the Olympic Games in France.

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Historically, the French have shone on the fencing circuit during the Olympic Games: the tricolore Olympic team racked up more than 120 medals, including 44 golds, and took second place on the podium, just behind Italy. Our Paralympic fencers took home 144 medals in wheelchair fencing, including 62 gold!

During the first part of these 2024 Games, the French won some lovely medals and were even able to make the Marseillaise resound in the Grand Palais. We hope that the Paralympic fencers will bring us just as much pleasure and emotion during these upcoming events.

It's a fine team that we hope will be crowned with laurels this summer in Paris! But watch out, because Les Bleus' opponents are just as formidable...

The article will be updated during the Olympic Games, depending on the medals won, but you can already keep it as a bookmark/favorite on your browser.

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The medals to be won today and the winners:

The Paralympic Games:

Tuesday, September 3rd

Sabre women category A

• Gold medal: Gu Haiyan (China)
• Silver medal: Kinga Drozdz (Poland)
• Bronze medal: Nino Tibilashvili (Georgia)

Sabre women category B

• Gold medal: Saysunee Jana (Thailand)
• Silver medal: Xiao Rong (China)
• Bronze medal: Olena Fedota-Isaieva (Ukraine)

Sabre men category A

• Gold medal: Maurice Schmidt (Germany)
• Silver medal : Piers Gilliver (Great Britain)
• Bronze medal: Edoardo Giordan (Italy)

Sabre men category B

• Gold medal: Feng Yanke (China)
• Silver medal: Michal Dabrowski (Poland)
• Bronze medal: Zhang Jie (China)

Wednesday, September 4th

Women's foil category A

• Gold medal: Zou Xufeng (China)
• Silver medal: Gu Haiyan (China)
• Bronze medal: Judith Rodriguez Menendez (Spain)

Women's foil category B

• Gold medal: Saysunee Jana (Thailand)
• Silver medal: Xiao Rong (China)
• Bronze medal: Beatrice Maria Vio Grandis (Italy)

Men's foil category A

• Gold medal: Sun Gang (China)
• Silver medal: Matteo Betti (Italy)
• Bronze medal: Zhong Saichun (China)

Men's foil category B

• Gold medal: Dimitri Coutya (Great Britain)
• Silver medal: Feng Yanke (China)
• Bronze medal: Hu Daoliang (China)

Thursday, September 5

Women's team foil

• Gold medal: China
• Silver medal: Hungary
• Bronze medal: Italy

Men's team foil

• Gold medal: China
• Silver medal: Great Britain
• Bronze medal: France

Friday, September 6

Women's epee category A

• Gold medal: Y.D. Chen (China)
• Silver medal: H.K. Kwon (South Korea)
• Bronze medal: H.Y. Gu (China)

Women's epee category B

• Gold medal: S. Jana (Thailand)
• Silver medal: S. Kang (China)
• Bronze medal: O. Fedota (Ukraine)

Men's epee category A

• Gold medal: G. Sun (China)
• Silver medal : P. Gilliver (Great Britain)
• Bronze medal: H. Akkaya (Turkey)

Men's epee category B

• Gold medal: D. Coutya (Great Britain)
• Silver medal : V. Kingmanaw (Thailand)
• Bronze medal: M. Dabrowski (Poland)

Saturday, September 7th

Women's team épée

• Gold medal: China
• Silver medal: Ukraine
• Bronze medal: Thailand

Men's team épée

• Gold medal: China
• Silver medal: Iraq
• Bronze medal: Great Britain

• To be read
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The Olympic Games:

Saturday, July 27

Women's individual sword

• Gold medal: Vivian Kong (Hong Kong)
• Silver medal : Auriane Mallo-Breton (France)
• Bronze medal: Eszter Muhari (Hungary)

Men's individual sabre

• Gold medal: Oh Sang-uk (South Korea)
• Silver medal: Farès Ferjani (Tunisia)
• Bronze medal: Luigi Samele (Italy)

Sunday, July 28

Women's individual foil

• Gold medal: Lee Kiefer (USA)
• Silver medal : Lauren Scruggs (USA)
• Bronze medal: Eleanor Harvey (Canada)

Monday, July 29

Women's individual sabre

• Gold medal: Manon Apithy-Brunet (France)
• Silver medal: Sara Balzer (France)
• Bronze medal: Olga Kharlan (Ukraine)

Tuesday, July 30

Women's team épée

• Gold medal: Italy
• Silver medal: France
• Bronze medal: Poland

Wednesday, July 31

Men's team sabre

• Gold medal: South Korea
• Silver medal: Hungary
• Bronze medal: France

Thursday, August 1

Women's team foil

• Gold medal: United States
• Silver medal: Italy
• Bronze medal: Japan

Friday, August 2nd

Men's team épée

• Gold medal: Hungary
• Silver medal : Japan
• Bronze medal: Czech Republic

Saturday, August 3rd

Women's team sabre

• Gold medal: Ukraine
• Silver medal: South Korea
• Bronze medal: Japan

Sunday, August 4th

Men's team foil

• Gold medal: Japan
• Silver medal: Italy
• Bronze medal: France

French victories :

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Whether the victory is French or not, as long as the sport is beautiful, what a pleasure to watch these Olympic and Paralympic events in the majestic setting of the Grand Palais. Well done, champions!

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